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February 3, 1995
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Soup’s on: Coach Campbell now in driver’s seat
The new leader of the defending Stanley Cup champions has half a year of minor-league experience as a head coach. He has the pressure of following Mike Keenan, who drove the best team in hockey from wire to wire, before walking out the first loophole to the St. Louis Blues. He has the uncertainty of a 48-game season and the usual expectations of any coach in any sport working in New York, particularly a rookie. The lockout gave Colin (Soupy) Campbell a lot of time to reflect on the task ahead. “I’m grateful I had time to sit back and say, ‘What are you doing here? What are you going to make of this opportunity here?’” Campbell said. New York Rangers’ general manager Neil Smith lauded Campbell, 41, as the best choice at the…
Final votes will be most important scores
The hostage-taking is over. Reports indicate all you hockey fans were released unharmed, but psychologists say you are victims of the Stockholm syndrome. The players and the payers danced on your hearts for more than three months and, yet, you remain loyal to your former captors. The NHL is back and so are you. It was reborn Jan. 20. By the time June 30 arrives and the season is over, the 78th season will be remembered for giving birth to so much more. I predict: 1. The most important scores of the year will be 19-7 and 514-66, the final tallies of owner and player ratification votes. 2. THN ace prognosticator Mike Brophy’s streak of picking Stanley Cup winners will end at one; the Detroit Red Wings will not win this season. 3. Cliff Fletcher’s Toronto Maple…
Stajduhar sent to Cape
A trip back to Cape Breton doesn’t hurt quite as much as a skull fracture. Nick Stajduhar should know. But the 20-year-old defenseman who missed the first Edmonton Oiler camp with such an injury after being punched outside an Edmonton bar, was left scratching his head Jan. 18. He was recalled from the Cape Breton Oilers of the American League and sent back after two days at the post-lockout camp. The whirlwind trip left him wondering what the Oilers have in mind. “Like my head wasn’t messed up enough,” he said after hearing the news. “They’re confusing me. I don’t know what they’re doing. How many times are you going to call me up and send me back? I thought I played well enough (in practice) to get in one or two…
End of NHL Lockout may lead to player defections
East Coast League coaches are nervous now that the NHL lockout has ended. The start of the NHL season could mean several players-particularly those under contract-will be recalled from their ECHL teams to restock affiliate clubs in either the American or International Leagues after players from those leagues move up to the NHL. The Hampton Roads Admirals were the first to lose a player. Leading scorer John Porco, who had 30 goals and 57 points in 35 games, is on loan to the IHL’s San Diego Gulls. “Originally, my thought was ‘It’s hard to say (how it would affect ECHL),’” said Hampton Roads’ owner Blake Cullen. “But as I look at the transactions every day, I see every NHL club is calling up two or three guys from their affiliates. So I think…
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